ampullis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ampulla, ampullae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bottle, jar, flask for holding liquids; inflated expressions, bombast;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...dedit. At tu multa diu dicis uitreisque tepentem ampullis potas semisupinus aquam. Vt tandem saties uocemque sitimque, rogamus..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nectar crystallinisque murrinisque propinat; et Cosmianis ipse fusus ampullis non erubescit murice aureo nobis diuidere moechae pauperis capillare..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...prout illatus occurrit aut decessit expulsus? Quod in ampullis ceterisque generis eiusdem videmus accidere, quibus non hians..."